Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!! Today I had a party for Halloween at school. I didn't really have classes either today, so it was a lot of fun! We played some classes games you know against each others classes. They were a lot of fun! There was this one where we had to fit in a box, then the box kept getting smaller and smaller, until it was just this tiny little thing; so in order to fit everyone in my friend Melissa, and I had to get on top of someones shoulders. -_- I didn't like it hahaha, I thought I was going to fall, but we all made it in somehow so thats all that matters. I also got a bag of candy at the party. I was kind of missing Halloween, and just eating candy all day, but I felt better once I got the candy :).

Festa de Halloween

My Rotary club had a Halloween party last Saturday. It was a lot of fun, and we got to dress up!! I went as a German girl. I really liked my costume is was really cute. Sometimes I think they like Halloween more here then we do in United States haha.

25 de março

Today I didn't have to go to school!!! Because... I went to 25th street! Ahh 25th St. the dirtiest, smelliest place in Brasil....... I almost stepped on a hobo. The street is so crowded I started to get really stressed out because you know I really am not used to all those people in one area at a time (unless it is black friday). But this place is a shoppers dream. Everything is sooo cheaper (well at least compared to everything in Brasil). I went because I didn't have a costume for Halloween, but the ironic part was I didn't even end up buying one haha. But, I did buy a new phone case because my other one was so broken it wasn't even funny haha. But, for my Halloween costume, I went to my friends house to try on some of their costumes cause they have a lot. And, that is how I came across the belly dancer outfit. It is just a bra, and like this skirt thing. It was actually really cute, but I would never wear it in public hahaha. But, I thought it would be the funniest thing to send to my dad. So, I did hahaha. Ahh but no worry's that isn't my actual costume. My real costume is a german girl. It is really cute o my god I love it!!! The minute I tried it on I was like it is this one. Also, it isn't like extremely short too, it is perfect length!! I am so excited to wear it!! Also, today I went to a Halloween party at my sports club. I had a lot of fun. There was a haunted house and stuff, but honestly it wasn't too scary, but this is also coming from an American. Our haunted houses are extremely creepy...... I have seen people coming out of them just bawling. So, my opinion doesn't really count here haha. O but it was a lot of fun. I tried to get my friend to come into the haunted house with me by saying I won't ever get to go with you again, and it worked for a little bit, but then she went back. hahaha o well! Well I am going to go to bed cause people back home keep yelling at me to go to bed tonight for some reason hahaha Boa noite xoxoxox

Interact

I am now officially part of my Interact Club. I got a pin and everything!!! Yayyyy

Time Zone Difference

Hey everyone heads up the time between Wisconsin, and Brasil is now different. It is 3 hours ahead instead of 2. Starting on November 4 it will be 4 hours ahead. Sucks but o well. Ok just wanted to let people know Tchau!!!

Jota Quest

Had an amazing night tonight!!! First off I rode the subway for the very first time. It got kind of sickening going back and forth, but I was very excited! I have only seen subway stations in movies I have never actually seen one so that was really cool. The part that made it amazing though was I went to a concert tonight with some friends from another school. Their school has a lot of other schools, so each year they have a concert where a famous band plays. The band that was there this year was Jota Quest. They are a pretty popular Brazilian band. Before going to the show I only knew one song now I love Jota Quest!! O it was such a great concert I had some much fun. It was on the ground so everyone was packed together, but I didn't even care it was so much fun. I met a lot of great people too that I will find on Facebook later. Well that's it; it is late and I have to wake up at 6 for school tchau gentes :*

Dia de Crianças (mais ou menos)

Today for Children's Day my interact club went to a poor children's school at did stuff with them. There was cotton candy, popcorn, ballon animals, face paint, and some clowns came. I did face paint, and it was a lot of fun. I was honestly quite impressed with my Portuguese haha. But, I now know what a borboleta is (it is a butterfly). My god I had to draw so many butterfly's. The worst part was everyone wanted a pink butterfly, and the pink sucked so it sometimes didn't turn out so well hahaha. Also, today someone from my Rotary club invited me to there house to eat Paella, which is a traditional Mexican meal. O it was so good! It was rice with pork, squid, clams, shrimp, octopus, and meat. O yeah I really liked it, but it made me full so fast hahaha. But, the family was soo nice. I had a lot of fun, and they had little kids who were just adorable haha. One thing I have noticed about more formal diners is first you have a salad, then you have the main dish, next is fruit, then it is dessert, and finally it is coffee hahaha. Yeah it is a lot you get pretty full, but it is all so good you just want to keep eating. Except coffee I have to put like 5 spoonfuls in the coffee before I can drink it because it is just so strong.  

Nickname

I have a nickname at school. I don't know how this name came to be, but my friends call me kaylao. Now for you American's how you are pronouncing it in your head is not the correct way to say it. It would sound more like this kay lao, but your still won't be able to say it right cause you probably don't know how to correctly say the ao part. But, anyways that is what I am called at school sometimes. Also, I don't know how people can already tell I am not Brazilian even when I only say a couple words. For example today at volleyball someone asked me that I have never met before (in portuguese) "Is that your water?" and I answered "Sim" (yes), and then she asked me your are not brazilian are you, and I said não. But, how could she tell I said one word! I think cause the type of water bottle I have they don't have in Brasil. But, here is another example. We were eating diner at volleyball when some guy came around, and you know saying oi and giving everyone a kiss on the check then he gets to me and says "How are you" in english!!! Like I had never even met or seen this guy before, so how on earth did he know I was American. I guess news travels fast in Brasil.

I have learned something today. Never play hand ball when both of the teams are being made up completely by girls. You know why? Because honestly we don't want to be playing hand ball; so no one is really trying haha. At least you get the ball passed to you though. I know this has nothing to do with Brasil, but it does show that we really aren't all that different. I Guarantee the same exact thing would have happened if I was in United States. Also, my friends at school keep saying that I am learning Portuguese very quickly. They make fun of me and say I know everything already haha. I can't wait till the day when I do know everything though. Speaking of that I forgot to mention while I was on vacation I had a dream in Portuguese :). It was half Portuguese half English. At first I thought O well it was still half in English, so that doesn't really count, but actually it does. It is an amazing thing; it means I am actually learning Portuguese. It is one thing to do while being awake, but to be able to do it subconsciously means I am starting to get to the point where I don't have to think as hard to try and come up with words. I don't know it is hard to explain.

Vacation

Ok so prepare yourselves for a long blog because I was just on vacation for 10 days doing a lot of stuff. So last Friday my family and I went on vacation to Itanhaem. It was sooooo nice just imagine it 10 days on the beach ooooo it is paradise. The first day we went to the beach me being a naive Wisconsinite totally forgot to put any sunscreen on my stomach, and guess what color it turned RED. It wasn't a light red either it was fire hydrant red. It looked like I was still wearing my swim suit. So yeah for now on I am covering my entire body with sun screen. The crazy part was it was only from 9-11 not even the hottest part of the day, and it is only spring. I am going to die in summer. O speaking of swim suits I bought my first Brasilian bikini. I was honestly kind of nervous cause you know that was all people talked about before I came here that the bikini bottoms are really small. And let me tell you the stories are 100% true. So, ok I am a small in United States, so hearing all of the stories I think o well I will try on a medium so it won't be as revealing. Yeah that plan did not work out. I come out of the dressing room and say " I think I need a bigger size", but nope they said that was how it was suppose to be. :O yeah there was no way in heck I was going to wear that. I need to ease myself into making the bikini smaller; I can't just go to thong right away. So, I ended up getting a large, which by the way is still smaller then my small bikini from United States. Yeah it doesn't completely cover my butt let's just end it at that before my dad has a heart attack.

O I got to do some nature stuff too last week. First nature I saw since I got here hahaha. We went to Mata Atântica. Which, is a really beautiful rainforest in the south of Brasil. We first went to see some Indian tribe, but that was a waste of time we didn't even do anything or see any of the Indians. But, the next thing we did was hike through the forest. It was suppose to be like a bird trail where you got to see toucans, and parrots, and other birds, but we never saw any. But, I did get to go swimming in a waterfall, which was amazing! The water was sooo cold, but it was very refreshing. It was kind of dangerous though cause the rocks are soooo slippery, but who cares it was still awesome. Also, while we were hiking through the forest a tiny, blue, cobra snake popped out of the ground. Yeah that kind of freaked me out, and when we were driving home a huge snake was just on the road. O but the forest was soo beautiful I liked it.

I was so sad to leave the beach, but I didn't have to go to school today (Monday), but the rest of my family did :P. So, today I went over to someones house I don't know just to hang out I guess. Well, that is it for now tchau tchau  

Well we have 2 new students that came today, so that is a total of 3 new kids. Haha well I have a funny story. I didn't really talk to much during first hour today I don't know why I just didn't and when I did it was usually in Portuguese, but then I started talking to someone who sat next to one of the new kids in Portuguese and quite honestly it wasn't going to well. So, then I said the sentence in english, and the new girls face was just priceless cause she didn't know I was an exchange student yet. It was a look of complete shock! hahaha so that made my day.